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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

There is an active group in Europe and North America. In 2007, it took six months for companies to sense the downturn in markets and align supply chains. July 16th in North America (current thinking is Charlotte or Chicago. Prior technologists included Cloudera, Enterra Solutions, IBM, and Microsoft. The reason?

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COVID-19’s Immediate Impact on the Automotive Supplier Industry

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What’s more, during the great recession of 2007-09, only major automakers like GM and Chrysler got bailouts – this time, many expect suppliers will once again be denied bailouts and be forced into declaring bankruptcy. Quarantine Measures Halt Supplier Production. million annual units (from more than 16 million), the lowest since 2010.

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Kimberly-Clark Makes Sense of Demand

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For years, Kimberly-Clark relied on historical data to guide forecasts, but that changed in 2007 when the company began a complete end-to-end overhaul of its supply chain and invested. Empty shelves send impatient buyers to competitors’ products, while too much inventory can result in unwanted carrying costs.

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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain talent is primarily coming from North America and Europe, but these are the continents that represent the lowest levels of growth for supply chain 2020 (see figure 1). Most global multinational companies have a solid base now in South America and Asia, but the race is on for Africa.

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Aston Martin Recall Sparks New Supply Chain Strategy Discussion

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What spawned this broad discussion at the forum was the recent massive recall of nearly every Aston Martin made since late 2007, Plastics News explained. The decision to recall its vehicles came as a result of the company discovering that plastic material from a Chinese sub-supplier was counterfeit. The Future of Supply Chain Strategies.